Woody shrub or small tree to 3 m high; hairs simple and glandular, dense on young growth, less so on developed surfaces, all branchlets soon enveloped in thick opaque resin. 

<P>Phyllodes 1-2.5 cm long, 0.2-1 cm wide, elliptic to falcate, mucronate. 

<P>Inflorescence simple spike, oblong, 6-20 mm long; peduncle 2-9 mm with simple and glandular hairs, flowers 5-merous. 

<P>Legumes 1-3 cm long, 6-16 mm wide, oblong, flat, papery, brown, hairy between reticulate veins, wing 1-2 mm wide, well developed. Seeds transverse, relatively small, 4-5 mm x 2-3 mm, oval, glossy, gold to dark brown; funicle terminal expanded to a flat creamy aril.